Genres: Humour, Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction
Formats: E-Book, Paperback

You don’t find home. Home finds you. Roz has lived in her London house for thirty years. She arrived there bewildered and reckless, moving in with a man she'd known for one week, and the house kept asking: Are you sure? Do you belong here? Decades later, it’s the keeper of her history, her work and her life with Dave. But now they’ve decided to leave the city. With sharp wit and genuine curiosity, Roz explores the deep resonance of place and memory: how a house is built on layers of happenstance, how it holds the ghosts of previous owners, and how we come to know it like our own limbs. From estate agents’ slippery tricks to the strange archaeology of attics, from the sounds that tell us we’re home to the leap of faith required to start again somewhere new, this is a book about stuff and nonsense, love...

Genres: Manuals and Workbooks, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

You’re writing a novel… Unlock your full potential and finish like a pro When Roz Morris first published Nail Your Novel in 2009, writers of all stripes devoured her 10-step process for drafting, fixing and finishing. This workbook enlarges that process, guiding you to: * tame your inner critic * devise compelling characters and surprising plots * find resonance * hit your essential genre/non-genre notes * find your best method for drafting and polishing * craft a standout title * write a slick synopsis and sales pitch * organise and complete your research tasks And much more. Use on its own or alongside the original book for extra depth. This book is a contract with yourself. Draft, fix and finish with confidence. Get your copy now.

Genres: Humour, Memoir, Travel Writing
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

As featured on BBC Radio Devon, BBC Lincolnshire, BBC Wiltshire, BBC Berkshire, BBC Oxford and BBC Bristol In life there’s the fast lane, and then there’s the scenic route. Take your time getting there and you might meet people whose stories are as gripping as those of any famous name. In Not Quite Lost, Roz Morris celebrates the hidden dramas in the apparently ordinary. Her childhood home, with a giant star-gazing telescope on the horizon and a garden path that disappears under next door's house. A tour guide in Glastonbury who is having a real-life romance with a character from Arthurian legend. A unit on a suburban business park where people are preparing to deep-freeze each other when they die. But even low-key travel has its hazards, and Roz nearly runs down several gentlemen from Porlock when her brakes give up on her. She takes her marriage vows in a...

Genres: Advice & How To, Manuals and Workbooks, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

What keeps a reader curious? It's the story. You might have a dazzling prose voice and plausible characters, but if nothing happens, the reader is likely to lose interest. So where do you find story ideas? How do you make them into a captivating read? What's your personal vision? Do you know what genre you are best suited to write? What is literary fiction and how do you write that? How will you give your book depth without seeming preachy or bringing the plot to a standstill? What are the hidden structural patterns that ply the reader's emotions, regardless of your genre or style? How can you use them with originality? How should you begin and end? What should go in the middle? Where should you play your best twists - and what should they be? How can you write each scene so it holds the reader's curiosity? If you...

Genres: Advice & How To, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

How do you create characters who keep readers hooked? How do you write the opposite sex? Teenagers? Believable relationships? Historical characters? Enigmatic characters? Plausible antagonists and chilling villains? How do you understand a character whose life is totally unlike your own? How do you write characters for dystopias? How do you make dialogue sing? When can you let the reader intuit what the characters are feeling and when should you spell it out? Roz Morris is a bestselling ghostwriter and book doctor, and a literary author in her own right. She teaches creative writing masterclasses for The Guardian newspaper in London. Her fiction for high-profile authors has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide. She has mined 20 years' worth of writing, editing and critiquing experience to create this book. It contains all the pitfalls and sticky points for writers, laid out as a set of discussions that are easy...

Genres: Advice & How To, Manuals and Workbooks, Writing & Publishing
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 18+

Are you writing a novel? Do you want to make sure you finish? Will you get lost and fizzle out? Will you spend more time reading about how to write than actually getting the words down? Most books on novel-writing will make you read hundreds of pages about character arcs, inciting incidents, heroes’ journeys. It’s great to know that – but while you’re reading about it you’re not writing your book. And what these books don’t tell you is how to use this learning and get the job done. Nail Your Novel is a writing buddy – and mentor - in a book. In 10 easy steps it will tell you: *how to shape your big idea and make a novel out of it *how to do your research and how to use it *how to organise your time. *how to plot and build characters *when you’re going to hit...

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Science Fiction (Sci-Fi)
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback
Age Groups: 12-15, 18+

*** SHORTLISTED for the People's Book Prize. LONGLISTED for the World Fantasy Award *** 'In the great tradition of Atwood and Bradbury - highly recommended' - Joni Rodgers 'Marvellous, powerful, beautiful' - Kij Johnson, Hugo & Nebula Award winner Misty woods; abandoned towns; secrets in the landscape; a forbidden life by night; the scent of bygone days; a past that lies below the surface; and a door in a dream that seems to hold the answers. Paftoo is a 'bod'; made to serve. He is a groundsman on the last remaining countryside estate, once known as Harkaway Hall - now a theme park. Paftoo holds scattered memories of the old days, but they are regularly deleted to keep him productive. When he starts to have dreams of the Lost Lands' past and his cherished connection with Lifeform Three, Paftoo is propelled into a nocturnal battle to reclaim his memories, his...

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

Underground Book Reviews TOP SUMMER READ 2012 League of Extraordinary Authors TOP 10 INDIE ELITE 2012 'Genius premise ... characters you won't want to leave behind' If your life is another person's past... What echoes do you leave in their soul? Could they be the answers you need now? A suspense novel in the vein of Life After Life. It’s the story of Carol, a musician who finds herself living another haunting life in the future. She’s a gifted pianist who has never needed anything but her talent – until a mysterious injury forces her to stop playing and she has to confront an empty existence. Enter her next incarnation, Andreq. Is he really her future? And can he help Carol learn to live now? ‘Reminded me of The End of Mr Y by Scarlett Thomas (one of my Top Shelf Authors = I Want To Write Like That.)’ ‘Reminded...

Genres: Commercial Fiction, Contemporary Fiction, Literary Fiction
Formats: E-Book, Audio, Paperback

Grand prize finalist with honourable mention, Eric Hoffer Award 2022 Twenty years ago, Hugo and Ash were on top of the world. As the acclaimed rock band Ashbirds they were poised for superstardom. Then Ash went missing, lost in a mountaineering accident, and the lives of Hugo and everyone around him were changed forever. Irrepressible, infuriating, mesmerizing Ash left a hole they could never hope to fill. Two decades on, Ash's fiancée Elza is still struggling to move on, her private grief outshone by the glare of publicity. The loss of such a rock icon is a worldwide tragedy. Hugo is now a recluse in Nepal, shunning his old life. Robert, an ambitious session player, feels himself both blessed and cursed by his brief time with Ashbirds, unable to achieve recognition in his own right. While the Ashbirds legend burns brighter than ever, Elza, Hugo and Robert are as stranded...